
Awfully Big Adventure
''This is one of Bainbridge''s best books. The close observation and hilarity are underlain by a sense of tragedy as deep as any in fiction'' The Times
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE IN 1990
It is 1950 and the Liverpool repertory theatre company is rehearsing its Christmas production of Peter Pan, a story of childhood innocence and loss. Stella has been taken on as assistant stage manager and quic...
''This is one of Bainbridge''s best books. The close observation and hilarity are underlain by a sense of tragedy as deep as any in fiction'' The Times
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE IN 1990
It is 1950 and the Liverpool repertory theatre company is rehearsing its Christmas production of Peter Pan, a story of childhood innocence and loss. Stella has been taken on as assistant stage manager and quic...